Automobile floor board



April 27 1926. 1,582,176

J. C. HAGGART. JR Y AUTOMOBILE FLOOR BOARD Filed Sept. 26, 1923 @New ma;

Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,532,176 PATENT OFFICE-.

JOHN C, HAGGAIIT, JR., or ALMA, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR, :BY MEsNI: ASSIGNMENTS,

To DETROIT PATENTS HOLDING COMPANY, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORA- TION F MICHIGAN.

AUTOMOBILE FLOOR BOARD.

`App1ication led September 26, 1923. Serial No. 664,877.

To aZZ 'whom' it may concern.'

lle it known that I, JOHN C. HACCART, Jr., a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Alma, in the county of Gratiot and State of Michigan, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Floor Boards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a toe board construction 'for automobile cabs and my invention aims to provide a sectional flooring that may be usedin automobile cabs and bodies to provide a durable floor composed of boards or sections that may be easily and quickly removed to permit of easy access being had to mechanism or automobile parts below the flooring. In making the `lioori'ng of sections certain sections may be designed to provide clearance for control levers, pedals and other operatable members or connections and the connections of the ooring subjected to more wear than others may be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new sections.

My invention further aims to provide toe or floor boards made of composite material which will withstand considerable wear and tear, Serve as heat insulators, and afford a so't't or cushion-like floor in contradistinction to a hard wood or metallic Hoor.

My invention will be hereinafter speciiically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view of a floor composed of boards or sections in accordance with my invention, showing the floor in connection with an automobile chassis;

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of one of the floor sections or boards;

Fig. 3 is a. similar view of another form of floor board, and x Figs. 4 and 5 are similar views illustrating other simple modiications of my invention.

As illustrating an installation of toe or floor` boards, `I have shown a portion'o:l an automobile chassis as including'side frames l, a dash assembly 2, and transverse-members 3, all cooperating as a support for floor boards or sections, yeach of which is preferably rectangular in plan or of such contiguration that when placed edge to edge the `.side walls 7 inturned to provide a marginal retaining lange8 by which the piece of linoleum and the metallic plate are retained within the sheet metal casing- Instead of using the casing 6, I may bind the edges of the linoleum 4 and the metallic plate 5vwith a sheet metal :trame 9, and in both of these instances the Hoor board may have one ormore openings provided With metallic liners 10 having the upper and lower edges thereof clenched or flanged, as

at 11 to protect the raw edges of the linoleuni and the metallic plate, besides provid-A` ing protection for the side walls of the openings against the movable pedals or levers extending through such opening.

Another form of floor board is shown in Fig. 4 where the linoleum 4 is thicker, the metal plate 5 thinner and corrugated or otherwise ribbed, as at .12 to lend rigidity to said metallic plate. vThe marginal edges of the plate 5 and the linoleum 4 may be increased by a metallic frame 9.

Still another form of board is shown in Fig. 5 whereina thick piece oflinoleum 4 or any composite material, as asphalt or cement is placed in a sheet metal casing 6 and the casing out and stamped to provide inwardly projecting anchoring lugs 14 by which the composite material will be anchored and firmly held Within the casing.

There are various materials that may be substituted for the linoleum or composite materials mentioned herein` but I prefer to use a material that will withstand the elements, considerable wear and tear, resist heat, and be as easy as possible on the feet. The floor boards, When'placed, edge to edge, will remain in place each possessing sulficient weight to prevent accidental displacement, and while in the drawing there are illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that :he

'construction and materials may be ehanged,

the floor boards made of various configurations, and such other alterations made as are permissible by the appended claim.

A floor structure for a vehicle chassis composed of sections arranged edge to edge, each section comprising a thin rigid metal plate, a relatively thick piece of material on said plate, and a sheet metal frame at the edges of said piece of material and s'iid plate, said frame having inturned upper flanges extending onto the upper face of the piece of material and intulned lower flanges extending onto the lower face of said metal plate with said flanges cooperating' in binding the edges of said metal plate mid piece of material together.

In testimony whereof I allix my signa- 20 ture.

l JOHN C. HAGGART, Jn. 

